Do you have a recipe using canned snails?!


Question: Do you have a recipe using canned snails!?
I have a can of snails in the pantry!. Got any great ways of cooking them!? Thanks!Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
try cooking them with rice!.
put some chopped onion
chopped green pepper
1 chopped garlic clove
1 tablespoon of oil
some salt, pepper and garlic and the can of snails into a medium sauce pan!. Let that simmer for a few minutes!.
Add 2 cups of water!. Bring to a rolling boil!. Add 1 cup of rice!. Let that boil for about a minute!. Then reduce the heat to low and cover the pot tightly!. Let that cook for about 20 minutes or until the rice is tender!.!.!.!.Enjoy!.!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Canned snails!? EWWWWWWWWWW!!! I wouldnt want 2 know!. I'd just give em away, but if u must, just go 2 a recipe website!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

ewwwww!.!.!. no!
My tip for cooking with those would be DON'T!. Put them in the circular file instead!. blech!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

duck food!.!.!.

unclean!.!.!. why would a person claim to eat a garden pest!?!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

I know its a long recipe and ive never tried it but i know people who made it once for a dinner party and they really liked it!.

INGREDIENTS:
2 1/4 pounds (1 k) stone-ground fairly fine corn meal
80-100 canned snails
2 cups vinegar and a handful of seas salt, for purging the snails
3/4 cup (a glass) extravirgin olive oil
1/2 cup dry white wine
A 1-pound (500 g) jar of unflavored tomato sauce, or chopped tomatoes
A bouquet garnis made with sprigs of mentuccia (an herb closely related to marjoram that smells minty;
you can use a little mint instead if need be), marjoram, parsley, rosemary, wild fennel, thyme (proportions to taste),
and a clove or two of garlic
An onion
A rib of celery
Water
Salt, pepper, and a hot pepper!.
PREPARATION:
If you are beginning with freshly gathered snails you should keep them in a sealed basket in the dark for 20 days, during which they'll fast, and thus loose the wild earthy flavor they have when freshly caught!.If you're buying them, find out if the person selling them has done this!.

Once they've fasted they have to be prepared!. Put them in a tub of cold water and leave them there for at least three hours!. Discard any that rise to the surface because they are already dead!. Don rubber gloves, transfer the snails to a large pot, douse them with the vinegar, sprinkle them with the salt, and stir them about for a half hour, during which they will expel a great deal of slime!.

Rinse them in cold running water for 20 minutes to remove the slime, boil them in unsalted water for a half hour, and then shell them, cutting away and discarding the black innermost part of their bodies, which contains the intestines!.

If you would rather avoid this lengthy, unpleasant preparatory phase, buy canned snails that have been cooked and shelled!.

Once your snails are ready, mince the herbs, the garlic, the onion, and the celery, and heat the oil in a broad high-sided skillet!. Add the herb mixture and the snails, and sauté until the onion begins to turn gold!. Add the white wine and cook until it evaporates, then the tomato and a couple of cups of hot water!. Cover and simmer for a couple of hours over a low flame!. If need be add a little more water towards the end of the cooking; the sauce should be thick but still flow!.

While the snails are cooking prepare the polenta: Bring three quarts (liters) of water to a boil and add the corn meal in a thin stream, stirring with a wire whisk or a spoon to keep lumps from forming!. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, for about 70 minutes, or until the polenta is firm!. Pour it out onto a board, cut it into slices using a taut string, and serve it with the snail sauce!.

The authors note that they call for mountain snails because they live far from pollution and over cultivation that has eliminated hedges and ditches, thus destroying snail habitats!. They also say that until quite recently farmers would go out into the brush after a heavy summer rain with boots and gloves, to gather the snails who came out from their hiding places to enjoy the cool and damp, and observe that snails are an excellent bet for listless lovers: Snails, according to Voltaire, are certainly the species best favored by nature!. They're blessed with twin pleasure organs and their ecstasy lasts from three to four hours!. Not much by comparison with eternity, but a very long time compared to you or me!. Much better, they conclude, than hot pepper or oysters!Www@FoodAQ@Com





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